Category Archives: Landscape Photography

Light in Landscape Photography: A Matter of Life & Depth

Posted on June 25, 2014 by Mike MacDonald

Good light can bring shape and depth to a photograph. In particular, low side-lighting or “glancing light” can be used to transform your landscape photographs and make them come to life. In Photo A (below), the feathery June grass, yellow flowers of hoary … Continue reading →

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Landscape Photography: Use Your Mind’s Eye

Posted on June 13, 2014 by Mike MacDonald

A photograph is a facsimile of reality and our experience. Sometimes it represents the moment quite accurately; at other times, quite poorly. Landscape photography can be more like the latter. This article is about how to photographically communicate the drama and the … Continue reading →

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Landscape Photography: Sometimes It Just Takes Two

Posted on May 13, 2014 by Mike MacDonald

Landscape photography sometimes requires two shots to capture the drama of a single scene. Here in the woodlands of Will County, this afternoon landscape of bluebells along the stream would have been impossible to convey with just one photograph. Those who … Continue reading →

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The Digital Darkroom: Image Capture is Only the Beginning

Posted on November 20, 2013 by Mike MacDonald

Like it or not, capturing the image with your camera is only the beginning. Digital darkroom work is needed to best convey the truth of your experience. That’s because, straight out of your camera, digital images are inherently flat, lacking the … Continue reading →

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Digital Landscape Photography: New Possibilities in Storytelling

Posted on February 28, 2013 by Mike MacDonald

Not until recently, did I begin to photograph the landscape with a digital camera, leaving behind the beauty of transparency film and the process of leaning over a light table, one eye to the loupe, to immerse myself in the colorful world living within. … Continue reading →

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Transcendental Light & The Art of Landscape Photography

Posted on February 6, 2013 by Mike MacDonald

On this typical May morning, along a bluff at Black Partridge Woods, transcendental rays of new-day light fleck the verdant floor and streak across serpentine waves of woodland phlox, casting the divine onto this springtime panorama. Thirty minutes earlier, though, only flat blue shade … Continue reading →

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New Nature Photography Blog: A Celebration of Biodiversity & The Art of Nature Photography

Posted on January 30, 2013 by Mike MacDonald

It’s a new day and a new year, and with them come a fresh new resource, a nature photography blog that speaks to the avid photographer and the lover of nature. I call it: The Heart of Nature. The purpose of this blog is to share my insights about photography … Continue reading →

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